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And just as a thought, does it actually say that penalties can't stack? Or are we just using this as a fulcrum from arguments sake. It doesn't say it can or can't, so maybe we should just wait for lance slash blue to help.

This is the question that started all of this. You answered by saying they would have a -4 learning bonus. Which was not the correct answer to the question asked. He wanted to know, according to his shinobi types, what it would take for him to learn jutsu. I came in and answered the question, by saying he needed to take the penalty from Offensive, and cut it out of his bonus from Tactical. The correct answer. After that you decided to defend your answer, which lead to this entire debate.

As for how I got my status as a mod, it is not nearly so simple as you seem to think.

#1. I followed all of the rules to the best of my knowledge, and encouraged others to do so as well, pointing out potential problems as they came up.

#2. I respected the mods to the best of my ability, only questioning them if there was a clearly set rule that they were breaking. I did not ever go on the offensive against a moderator.

#3. I did answer questions here, but I only answered the ones that I was certain I knew the answers to. I would never try to answer something that I wasn't at least 95% sure I was correct on.

And lastly, people saw what I did. I helped out members and crew alike in various things, and the member apparently liked it, because they started asking that I get the promotion. I didn't actually know half the people that came out and said I should be crew. And in the end, Lance agreed with them, and gave me the post.

If you are trying to copy the process that got me into my current spot. Fighting the mods at every turn is not the proper way to do it.

This is where you are 100% wrong. You may have freedom of speech out there in the real world, and that is all well and good. But this is the internet. On the internet, you have the freedom of speech only so long as you follow the rules put forth. And starting an argument with the mods is against those rules, thus stripping you of your freedom of speech.

Do you think you could stand up in the middle of a court case and start arguing with the judge without being thrown out of the room? Freedom of speech only goes just so far, and it ends the second you break a set rule.

The wind sage clan does not increase the power of wind jutsus it just allows them to be used without hand-seals up to your own rank

That right there pisses me off to no end.... You think that I want to be a mod here? Ha! I never want to be a mod in any guild I'm in. The only reason I would ever accept a job, is if the other mods are friendly, and do not balantly say that someone is wrong, Especially if there is not a Rule set into stone about the matter.

Also you are accusing me of trying to mimic you? Have you yet to notice how different we truely are? We are from completely different places, completely different worlds, The process might be similar, and to some people might look identical, but the outcome will always be different.

I do not try to fight the mods, I answer a question, one of you says something that I either do not understand, and Either this happens, or you clarify what it is you said, or other mods come into the picture, and create even more chaos, adding their interpretations to the fire, further confusing me, because some of their words might contradict what the original mod previously said. I merely try to sort out what exactly the original mod, or even one of the other mods is trying to say so that I can try to use it as a basis to interpret what the original mod is saying. sorry if you haven't noticed, but after each of this, have you not noticed I normally focus on one person, this case being Cobra, because his was the best answer I had obtained, and the easiest to Pull information from? honestly, after these frequent happenings, I thought that someone would have noticed the pattern by now. how there are atleast two mods always trying to explain it to me after the first three posts into an arguement... Honestly, I Enjoy this to no end, but I also hate that I can not obtain the information I need to be a beter asset to this guild. I read the rules, I interpret them one way, and then Mods come along, try to straighten it out, and this happens, rendering all I know about the rules useless, so I re read them, and I try again, using the previous logic of the person that answered my questions, and I unraveled how they thought. I am sorry that for the last week, that I spent on keeping Red out of trouble, He has an extreme Anarchist point of view, and I had to live in that mentality for the last week. Luckilly, in this arguement, I have been able to unravel Cobra's logic, and I will try to keep that Logic in place, however I can not guarentee that I will be able to do so, with my friends of multiple different logics, I doubt that cobra's logic will last for more than a day or two.

If you started an argument in a courtroom, the judge would call you out on contempt of court, and have you removed. No call of police brutality would stop the guards from tossing you out.

And I honestly have no clue what you are trying to say about the "Rules of the Internet". We have our own rules in this guild. Those rules override whatever rules you are talking about. Every website or forum has their own rules, and if people do not obey them actions are taken against them. If you try to cite a rule or law that has no bearing in this guild, the mods will just laugh while they execute whatever punishment you have earned.

Now, as I stated a couple pages ago. Stop fighting. There is no argument to be had here, and it is growing rather old.

The Almighty One has spoken.